The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates. Comprising a Full and Authentic Account of the Rise and Progress of the Late Southern Confederacy--the Campaigns, Battles, Incidents, and Adventures of the Most Gigantic Struggle of the World's History. Drawn from Official Sources, and Approved by the Most Distinguished Confederate Leaders |
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... United Provinces of Holland , in Mexico , in Central America , in Columbia , and in the Argentine republic ; in all these instances the form of government established upon it had become extinct , or had passed into the alternative of ...
... United Provinces of Holland , in Mexico , in Central America , in Columbia , and in the Argentine republic ; in all these instances the form of government established upon it had become extinct , or had passed into the alternative of ...
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... united interests of all , and deliberate upon and ascertain the measures best adapted to promote them . On the 4th of July , 1776 , the Congress published a Declaration of Independence . It declared that the colonies were " free and ...
... united interests of all , and deliberate upon and ascertain the measures best adapted to promote them . On the 4th of July , 1776 , the Congress published a Declaration of Independence . It declared that the colonies were " free and ...
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... United States : " New States may be admitted by Congress into this Union .'- ART . iv . , SEC . 3. " In addition to these flagrant omissions of the Constitution may be observed a fault , which it was sought to correct in the ...
... United States : " New States may be admitted by Congress into this Union .'- ART . iv . , SEC . 3. " In addition to these flagrant omissions of the Constitution may be observed a fault , which it was sought to correct in the ...
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... United States of America . The great novelty of this Constitution - the association of the principle of State sovereignty with a common government of delegated powers act- ing on individuals under specifications of authority , and thus ...
... United States of America . The great novelty of this Constitution - the association of the principle of State sovereignty with a common government of delegated powers act- ing on individuals under specifications of authority , and thus ...
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... United States . Article VII . provided that " the ratifications of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution , between the States ratifying the same . " In effect , this Constitution was ratified at ...
... United States . Article VII . provided that " the ratifications of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution , between the States ratifying the same . " In effect , this Constitution was ratified at ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army arrest artillery assault attack bank batteries battle Beauregard Bragg brigade campaign captured Carolina cavalry Charleston column command commenced Confederacy Confederate forces Congress Constitution contest corps crossed D. H. Hill declared defence division early enemy enemy's evacuation Federal field fire flank fleet Fort Sumter Fort Wagner Fredericksburg front garrison Government Grant gunboats guns held Hill hundred infantry Jackson James River Johnston Kentucky Lee's Lincoln Longstreet loss Manassas McClellan ment miles military Mississippi Missouri moved movement night North Northern occupied officers operations Orleans party pieces of artillery political position Potomac President Davis prisoners railroad rear regiments reinforcements retreat Richmond river road Shenandoah Valley Sherman side slavery soldiers South South Carolina Southern success Sumter superiour surrender Tennessee thousand tion troops Union United Valley vessels Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington wounded